KINGSTON, N.Y. — A court ruled Monday that actress Diane Neal can appear on the Nov. 6 ballot in New York’s 19th Congressional District race.

The ruling by the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department, overturned a lower-court ruling that Neal’s petitions for an independent line on the ballot lacked sufficient signatures. The lower-court ruling affirmed a determination by the state Board of Elections.

The appeals court ruling sides with Neal’s contention that the invalidation of her petitions should be dismissed because she was not properly served notice of the petition deficiencies.

“With this behind us, our campaign restarts in earnest immediately,” Neal, a Hurley resident, said in a statement issued by her campaign. “... We’re excited to be back on the ballot, and we’re not resting until the polls close on Nov. 6.

With the ruling, Neal — who formerly played prosecutor Casey Novak on the NBC drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” — is one of three candidates running against first-term U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, this fall. The others are Democrat Antonio Delgado of Rhinebeck and Green Party nominee Steve Greenfield of New Paltz.

Neal will appear on the “Friends of Diane Neal” line on the ballot.

The state Board of Elections determination that Neal challenged found she filed petition with a total of 4,181 signatures but that 1,852 were ruled invalid, leaving her 1,171 signatures short of the 3,500 necessary to be on the ballot.

Independent candidate Dal LaMagna also has had his nominating petitions ruled invalid but still is pursuing the matter in court. LaMagna’s petitions had 4,235 signatures, but 1,592 were ruled invalid, leaving him 857 signatures short of the 3,500 required.

Another independent, Luisa Parker, was disqualified previously.

The 19th Congressional District comprises all of Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Sullivan, Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties; most of Dutchess County; parts of Rensselaer and Montgomery counties; and a small section of Broome County.